woolworths holdings ltd - Woolworths Holdings Limited

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8.2 Section 70 of the Act contains an overriding provision. Disclosure is
compulsory if it would reveal a substantial contravention of, or failure to
comply with the law, or imminent and serious public safety or environmental
risk and the public interest in the disclosure of the record clearly outweighs
the harm contemplated by its disclosure.
8.3 If your request does affect a third party then we will first need to inform the
third party within 21 days of us receiving your request. By this we mean that
if the record you request affects any third party in any way, that third party
will have to be informed that you are requesting access to the above record.
8.4 The third party then has 21 days to make representations and/or submissions
regarding the granting of access to the record.
9. The Information Officer’s Decision and Requester’s Recourse:
9.1 Once the Information Officer of Woolworths has heard all the submissions,
he or she will make a decision as to whether or not access to the record will
be granted. You must then be granted access to the record within thirty days
of being informed of the decision.
9.2 If the Information Officer does not grant you access to the record you are
entitled to appeal the decision. You must receive proper reasons as to why
the request was refused. You need to lodge your appeal in the High Court.
9.3 If the information officer does decide to grant you access to the record, the
third party that has been affected has thirty days in which to appeal the
decision – also in the High Court. If no appeal is lodged within 30 days, you
must be granted access to the record.
10. Other information:
The schedule below outlines the time-periods, which are applicable to this Act. This
will enable you to understand the process whereby requests for access to records are
considered and the time periods involved.
Section of
the Act
Description of activity
Time period
10 The Guide published by the South African
Human Rights Commission to assist in the
use of this Act must be published.
Is contained in the
SAHRC website